PREFACE TO THIRD EDITION. 
The continued and steadily increasing demand 
for this manual is the best proof of its merits. The 
first edition was issued in 1894, containing 81 
pages and devoid of illustrations. Within just one 
year the entire edition had been disposed of, neces¬ 
sitating a second edition to follow in 1895, which 
was enlarged to 99 pages and illustrated with six 
portraits of typical bird dogs. And now, only one 
year later, in 1896, the third edition is presented, 
much improved and enlarged to 138 pages, embody¬ 
ing portraits of the author and seventeen dogs of 
best type and breeding. 
The hundreds of unsolicited commendatory 
letters received by me during the past two years 
from all sections of the land, regarding the merits 
of the amateur trainer, are gratifying in the 
highest degree, and it is with considerable pride and 
satisfaction that I heartily thank the dog men of 
America for the high esteem they entertain for this 
work, and the exceedingly flattering laudation 
regarding its practicability. 
Sincerely yours, 
Ed. F. HABERLEIN. 
FOURTH EDITION.—Encouraged by the 
very rapid sale of this work, the number of the 
third edition was vastly increased over those of the 
two preceding editions, perfectly confident the 
demand would not relax. The book itself is its 
best recommendation — the more wide-spread its 
circulation, the greater the sale ! The large edition 
has been disposed of, and now in 1899, the fourth 
edition is ready for delivery. 
FIFTH EDITION.—Presented in 1901. 
SIXTH EDITION.—Presented in 1902. 
